title: Gloveport hernioscopy.
abstract: It can be difficult to exclude occult, necrotic bowel in incarcerated herniae that reduce prior to emergent surgical exploration without resorting to further abdominal wall incisions. This case illustrates the Gloveport hernioscopy technique to identify necrotic small intestine that had spontaneously reduced in a man with a strangulated umbilical hernia. This minimally invasive technique allowed a multichannel examination of the peritoneal cavity without any further insult to the abdominal wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Monica's Ward, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St., Dublin 7, Ireland, kearapclarke@gmail.com.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Toomey
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: McEntee
mesh_terms: D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged